Signaling or indicating buoy.



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. -Be it known that'I, CHARLES' M. R0LL0, a o

I, v citizen of "the United States, residing at Shawnee -in the county,of Pottawatoniiey 5 and State ci Oklahoma, have invented new'v .anduseful-'Improvements in Signaling; 'or

ndicating-. Buoys,of which the following a Specification. 1 l I Th1sinvention relates l:to a signallng '.or

,le indicating buoydesigned for use upon 'submarine or `other fvessels,whereby thev event of the inability` of the" submarineto rise to thesurface',l or the'sinking "of,1 an ordinary vesseLa buoy will or maylbesent to *m the surface to indica-te the positionofwthe `vessel and toserve as .a'meduin for carrying g f f'against displacement,`fastationaryfastening t memberlZ vis provided at one end 'of the' writtenor other signalsfto tlielsurface, 1 i desired.'

A further objeetpof the 'invention is to .ze provide an indicating` orfsigiialing buoy- Y adapted for use upo'n lasubmarine or ordi'- naryvessel, which'is ,normally fastenedjinae secure manner to lth vesselfbyfastening means and is also connected with-the vessel '25 by means of acablea'dapted to unwind from' ,a drum, whereby when 'desired .the buoy jmay be released vso as to rise to the surface,

I the cable paying out and servingwas ames-ns for preventing the buoyfrom -drlftmgaway $0 and as 'a medium whereby the position of the vesselupon the bottom may be"determined.`

The invention consists of the features of construction, combination and.arrangement of parte herein fully described and claimed,

reference being 'had to the vaeooinpa'nying drawings in whichz. Y y l Fi`1re 1 is arview ill strating the use of 4the 4eviee upon a s bmarineboat.- Fig. 2.

te is aside elevation" howing'vthedevicexas normallyfsupported upon'thel vessel; Figs.

3 and/.tare opposite endleleyations of the same. r

2 and supporting bracket "ieces 3./ 19Thef .body 1 maybe providedxwit anopening 4. sealed normally by an airtight door ory 5o closure 5, so thatwhen dcfsiredwritten mes-.f

other articles ma* bef lacedwithin ,l bages or i l y 'p `until thebuoyant bod reaches the surface.

the barrel or drum to beI carried tcgthe. sui'- tace` from the sunken.vesseli-"lhe ,drum

`ascension to the "'surface.

' tion upon the top of` a" subr'narinepves llpuieimifwhe: quired,{fJournale `upon t Referring' tol the drawings, 1'designates,-vieashaftifce'-. 45 a buoyant body, comprisingl an airtightbarrel ordrum, havinggchlnes or end iiangesi 1 p *the buoyant body vbasindieeaeaai 22h suitable length, and'gw thebuoyant body is freedidrises. to theurfaceof.- he water 105 the cablerunwinds'from the `drumyor baseLA y,the oppositeendfot w specification of Letters Patent.Patented Aug, 29, 1916, Application led January` 18, 1916. Serial No.72,814;

' circular `upper end portion. 7' bf frame stand`- ards or legs 8havingangularly bent portions 9 at their lower vends `for the passage iof suitable fastening devices, and whereby i,

"cross pieces 10, andthe twg-Sets vof legs am, y

united by longitudinal bars 11;i The bars v l1 have their upper surfacesarranged to 165 he yflush withthe upperend of :the cradleA formingportio`111 7', so lthatf the 1bracketj pieces Aof"thebody 1 mayrestthereon, lo

when said body'l 1s seated inthe cradle to support the same rxnlyinposition. i V7o Fothe-plrposeof' fastening the' body l1 site endosE-theframe is provided a latch 14 lof bell crank form, oneoffthearmsof whiohis provid d with a-detent or*engagm'g mem` ber to engage the'other'chivne or endange 80 2 of the body l., The latch is` pivotallymountedl uponthe trarne', asindicated lat 16,

,'andt'o its otherA arm Lis connected a rod 717 wherebythejlatch may beretracted to allow thebarrel' to float free when submerged In* practice,the buoyant bodyl mounted in any suitable or; oonvenien ori uponjthedeck' or other portion ofank orr y es 'oa submarin vessel, z .nia extendjdoeiziif`i ower; cross-"piece 1 0 1" g.`- rumv orffreel 20 wthn dbneendof a cable. 21, 100 h-is'conneted with sans ofl-ela'swivel-,g lef may,be ofjany whichlis connecte llChe buoyanty body is thus'prevented:13351,k i drifting? wa. ,and will indicate uponthe vessel,while the cable leading therefrom will indicate the exact position ofthe vessel. enabling aid to be lafforded to a sunken sulunarine whichcan not arise or the location of an ordinary slinken vessel to bedetermined with certainty-and reliability.

1t will thus be provides a means whereby a buoyant body may be releasedfrom a submarine unable to arise to the surface7 or from a surfacevessel which is sinking, in order to indicatelthe position of suchvessel, and that if desired a written message, documents or otherarticles maybe `inclosed within the buoyant body to be carried to thesurface, .to advise a rescuing;r vessel of conditions below to en ablevaluables to be sent to the surface for recovery and preservation.

While the strlmture disclosed is preferred, it willV of course beunderstood that modifications within the spirit and scope of theappended claim may partingr from the' invention.

A device of the character described com prising asupporting frameconsisting of seen that my inventioncircular cradle,

be made Without depairs of' end standards, the standards of each pairbeing arranged to converge in an upward direction and having partlycircular portions extending therefrom in opposing 30 relation,`cros'=`pieces uniting the standards of each pair, longitudinal piecesconnecting the partly circular extensions oi the pairs of standa rds andorniing asubstantially semiby the cross pieces at one end of the frame,a buoyant body adapted to rest in said cradle and having end fianges,one of said fangesbeing adapted for engagement with said retainingmember7 a latch upon the 4o oppositeend of the frame for engagement withthe other fiange of the buoyant body, means for operating the latch, adrum journaled upon the frame, and a cable connecting the buoyant bodywith said drum.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature A Vin presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES ROLLO.

T. J. Gonne.

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